Unable to open .xlsx files in Microsoft Excel
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS
Issue
- Some .xlsx files fail to open
- Multiple errors are encountered when attempting to open one of these files, such as:
Sorry, we couldn't find <filename>
Microsoft Excel cannot access the file <filename>
- Some of these errors may be reported on components of the space-delineated filename. For example, a file named "February 2024.xlsx" may experience the following errors:
- An impacted file can be copied to the local desktop, and from there has no issues opening in Excel